Apple plans Mighty Mouse makeover — Twenty five years after introducing the world to mouse-based computing, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is now hoping to deliver significant advances to the input device by applying the company's extensive research and development in multitouch technologies, AppleInsider has learned.

Latin Becomes a Living Language on Facebook — Most of the time when we stumble upon a Latin phrase, it's etched in stone: carved in the hallways of universities, chiseled on facades of government buildings or carefully imprinted in cathedral foyers and churchyards. The language seems almost immovable.

Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO — About six months ago, critics pummeled Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. — He'd made questionable management decisions, or so it appeared from the outside. He'd fumbled the site's redesign and botched the company's terms …

Crowdsourcing coming to iPhone apps, big time — If you've ever been driving down the highway and looked at the Google Maps application on an iPhone to see what traffic is like ahead, you may have wondered where the data behind the green, yellow, and red lines indicating real-time vehicle flow come from.

Acer to shift focus to Android smartphones — Acer, while still developing Windows Mobile-based smartphones, has shifted its development policy to focus more on the Android platform, with at least half of new models launched in 2010 to be Android-based, according to industry sources.

Deal struck between Apple and Eminem's music publisher — DETROIT — A lawsuit between Eminem's music publisher and Apple has been settled after five days of trial in federal court in Detroit. — The dispute centered on who had the right to authorize downloads of the hip-hop star's music on Apple's iTunes service.

Battery Ventures Gears Up To Raise Fund IX — Battery Ventures is planning to target $750 million for its ninth fund, with a first close expected to occur in Q1 2010. No placement memoranda yet, just initial correspondence with prospective investors. — This is the same amount …

Adobe, Google sued by Textscape over patents — Google and Adobe Systems have been sued by a New Jersey company for allegedly violating patents used for processing text, according to recent court filings. — Google and Adobe Systems have been sued by a New Jersey company …

Sony prototype sends electricity through the air — Despite the numerous technologies that exist for sending data through the air there's one cable that most gadgets can't do without at some time. The power cable remains a necessary but sometimes unsightly part of many modern electronic appliances …